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Corn Planter.

I M le M mm .f eww e, E@ M w @einen tata @anni @frn 'JHN B. RAINES, 0F FREMONT, IOWA. Letters Patent No. 64,143, dated apn-z 23, leen Be it known that I, JOHN B. RAINES, of Fremont, in the county of- Mahaska, and State of Iowa, have linvented a new and useful Improvement on Corn-Planters,` the improvement being in the dropping apparatus; :and I do hereby declare that the following -is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in which-.e

Letters A A A represent the cut-off, and lett-er J represents the dies. The letters A A represent the bottom Aof the box in which the corn is placed, and the dark spots on this plate represent the holes where the screws .go to to fasten it to its place. t i

The Figures 1 and 2 show the two thumb-screws which fasten down the cut-oii'A A A.

'The advantage my improved dies have over others is, the cut-ofi` and plate are so bevelled and constructed as to prevent the corn from being drawn under and cracked, as is often the case with other droppers. Another advantage is the dies can be easily changed from large to small, and from small to large, to suit the size of the `com or the number of grains to be dropped, by turning the-two thumb-screws marked 1 and 2, and lifting it off Apreparatory to plaingvin another die. l l l What I claim as my invention is- The cut-01T, represented in the drawings by the letters A A A, and the dies, represented by the letter J, and the bottom ofthe box in which the corn'is placed, represented by thelettfers A A.

I JOHN B. RAINFS.v Witnesses:

IRA BARR,

JAMES WE1-Tn. 

